ASIC/FPGA Mid-Level Manager - Design & Verification

Company:

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking an ASIC/FPGA Mid-Level Manager - Design & Verification to join our team in Tukwila, WA.

Our ASIC & FPGA Engineering organization is a centralized engineering capability supporting a diverse portfolio of advanced aerospace, space, and defense programs. Rather than joining a single product team, our engineers become part of a long-term engineering organization where they contribute across multiple technologies and programs as business needs evolve, providing continuous technical growth and long-term career stability.

What We Build

Our teams develop advanced digital technologies including ASICs, SoCs, FPGAs, digital processors, communications systems, sensor processing, high-speed digital interfaces, and other mission-critical electronics supporting commercial aviation, defense platforms, national security space systems, satellite payloads, autonomous aircraft, and other advanced applications.

How We Work

We believe exceptional engineers are developed through ownership, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning. Engineers are encouraged to take ownership beyond narrowly defined functional boundaries by identifying risks early, driving technical solutions, communicating effectively, and helping teammates succeed. Our teams bring together complementary technical strengths while providing opportunities to broaden systems understanding and develop deep expertise in selected domains.

Who Succeeds Here

Successful engineers are curious, proactive, and collaborative. They enjoy solving challenging technical problems, mentoring others, continuously improving their skills, and contributing to the success of both their teams and the broader engineering organization. As engineers gain experience, they have opportunities to expand into technical leadership, subsystem ownership, mentoring, architecture discussions, and cross-functional leadership while continuing to grow their technical expertise.

The Opportunity

As a Design & Verification Engineering Manager, you will initially lead approximately 5–10 design, verification, and implementation engineers while helping grow a high-performing ASIC product team over time. This role blends people management, technical leadership, and program execution. You will recruit outstanding engineers, develop future technical leaders, partner across engineering disciplines, and strengthen the organization through continuous improvement.

Our managers are expected to develop exceptional engineers, deliver on-time first-pass execution, and continuously strengthen the organization for the future.

Key Responsibilities

As an ASIC/FPGA Design Manager on the Boeing Electronic Products team you will develop state-of-the-art digital ICs/SoCs to support the most critical programs across the enterprise.  We collaborate with other electronics groups across the company and around the world and support ASIC/FPGA design and verification for electronics at the leading edge of technology.

• Manage a portfolio of ASIC/FPGA development programs, typically two to four within a product area, and guide the technical baseline and program execution.

• Hire and support the ASIC/FPGA engineers, including project leads, working programs within your portfolio.

• Implement common design practices used across the wider department, and ensure consistent first-time quality for both ASIC and FPGA designs through the use of a comprehensive verification process.

• Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers and strategic suppliers.

• Lead or contribute to individual projects, including IRAD and new business activities and support proposals for the department, including architecture development and the selection of appropriate technologies to meet mission requirements.

• Train and mentor less senior engineers and project leads and help build effective teams.

About the team

Boeing Electronic Products based in El Segundo, CA operates as a small, focused business of ~1000 engineers providing advanced electronics for programs and platforms across the company and externally direct to strategic customers.

We need additional team members who are ambitious and will thrive in a technology development environment and can work the full spectrum from research through flight insertion.  We’re highly supportive of innovative thinking, we respect and acknowledge hard work, we recognize maturity and integrity, and we reward bottom-line achievement. 

Boeing is an electronics company with many different form factors, and the work we do enables the missions and needs of our customers as we help Connect, Protect, Explore, and Inspire the world.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship as a condition of employment. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement

• 10+ years of ASIC/FPGA design or verification experience – specific position will be determined based on experience and expertise

• ASIC/FPGA architectural definition, and detailed design implementation and functional verification using SystemVerilog with delivery/release of production designs

• Professional experience with hardware-based integration and test of ASIC/FPGA designs

• Proven record of leading ASIC/FPGA design and/or verification teams, including tracking and reporting progress to stakeholders using standard project management tools such as earned value.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science

• Experience leading or managing teams on complex ASIC/FPGA developments, in a technical lead role.

• Familiarity with FAA DO-254 certification.

• Familiarity with space-based design techniques and radiation mitigation

• Demonstrated history of 1st pass success with ASIC designs

• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written

• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of management, customers, and partners

• Master of Science in an engineering discipline

• Previous management experience

• Ability to build a safe environment of inclusion, transparency, and trust

• Leadership skills to lead and influence positive outcomes

• Previous experience in leading, mentoring, and engaging individuals and teams

• Experience providing active mentorship and career guidance

• Can up-level existing team by hiring high performance talent, growing leaders and helping underperforming members

• Can gain trust of team and provide guidance for their careers 

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidate for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Shift:

This position is for 1st shift.

Union Representation

This is a union-represented position.

Total Reward Summary:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline only.  Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.  

Summary Pay Range: $181,900 - $246,100

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